CC Manifest Destiny and the Acquisition of Texas and California

Which term is associated with the 19th-century belief that the expansion of the US throughout the American continents was both justified and inevitable?

• Golden Destiny

• Imperial Mandate

• Manifest Destiny

• Continental Drift

Which state was jointly controlled by the U.S. and Britain at the time of westward expansion?

• Oregon

• New Mexico

• California

• Texas

Who defeated the American defenders of the Alamo in 1836?

• Moses Austin

• Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

• James K. Polk

• Zachary Taylor

Which treaty was signed in 1848, under which Mexico confirmed the annexation of Texas and ceded California to the U.S.?

• Treaty of San Francisco

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Treaty of Versailles

What was the name of the party dedicated to anti-immigrant sentiment in the eastern part of the United States?

• Free Soil Party

• Know-nothings

• Whig Party

• Liberty Party

Who brokered the Compromise of 1850, which included the admission of California as a free state?

• John C. Calhoun

• Zachary Taylor

• William Seward

• Henry Clay

What did Ralph Waldo Emerson say made the Civil War inevitable?

• Compromise of 1850

• Mexican-American War

• Slavery

• Manifest Destiny

According to the text, which population was not extended liberties by the United States during the westward expansion?

• Immigrant populations

• Mexican Americans

• Native Americans

• African Americans